Sustainability and Air Permitting Program Manager

Joby Aviation • Full-time • Santa Cruz, California • 24m ago

Joby Overview

Located in Northern California, the team at Joby Aviation is driven by our goal of creating an affordable, all-electric air transportation system. Imagine a piloted air taxi that takes off vertically, then quietly carries you and your fellow passengers over the congested city streets below, enabling you to spend more time with the people and places that matter most. Since 2009, our team has worked steadily to make this dream a reality. We’ve designed and tested many generations of prototype aircraft capable of serving in a network of electric air taxis. We’re looking for talented, committed individuals to join our team as we push onwards toward certifying the Joby aircraft with the Federal Aviation Administration, scaling our manufacturing, and preparing to launch commercial service in 2025.

Overview

Guided by the principles of people planet profit, our Sustainability Team is building a world-class program to address climate change impacts, resource conservation, waste reduction and environmental compliance within Joby Aviation. The team drives initiatives to ensure environmental compliance and environmental sustainability throughout the company. Primary focus of this role is air permitting for manufacturing processes, climate and energy strategy, and metrics results interpretation to evaluate program development and execution in alignment with regulatory requirements and company sustainability goals.

Joby Aviation is seeking a highly organized, passionate individual to work on the Sustainability Team in all aspects of work related to air permitting manufacturing and evolving environmental sustainability programs including energy consumption, resource consumption, carbon emissions, and ESG reporting. The role will require you to develop, implement, and maintain programs that ensure operational environmental compliance and company environmental impact. This person will work cross functionally with other teams to identify sustainability opportunities to further our mission and execute programs that reduce our environmental impact, meet our external commitments on renewable electricity and prepare Joby for the next phase of climate regulation. You will develop and track metrics and assist in defining sustainability goals. Additional responsibilities include environmental analysis-related to value chain, product life cycle and compliance for production facilities and any other duties as deemed necessary by the Sustainability Lead.

Strong analytical and communication skills are imperative, and you must have knowledge of key sustainability initiatives such as the air permit requirements for Bay Area Air Quality District (BAAQMD) and Monterey Bay Air Resources District (MBARD), renewable electricity procurement, Greenhouse Gas Protocol, TCFD, GRI and CDP.

You will report directly to Joby’s Sustainability Lead and work across the team. This role is based out of San Carlos, Marina or Santa Cruz CA.

Responsibilities

Air Permitting/Environmental Compliance

Ensure compliance with current federal, state and local air permitting requirements including maintaining current air permit requirements, log management and inspections
Where possible, identify opportunities to refine current permits as manufacturing volume increases
Work with Facilities and OEM teams to permit new sources
Partner with Environmental Health and Safety team to establish Environmental Management System including implementation of an EHS software, as it relates to air permits.
Manage Low Carbon Fuel Standard, Large Spark-Ignition (LSI) Fleet Emissions Reporting and Diesel Off-Road Fleet Emission Reporting to the California Air Resources Board (CARB)

Climate Management

Develop collaborative relationships with all team members to assess all operations for energy consumption, carbon emissions, recycling, waste disposal, resource consumption and ways to reduce Joby’s environmental impact
Conduct annual greenhouse gas inventory and establish a larger climate strategy including how to manage and reduce our greenhouse gas emissions
Advance Joby’s climate program including roadmap development for upcoming regulations, Scope 3 emissions and climate risk scenario analysis (TCFD)
Streamline internal data gathering process and documentation

· Energy Management

Develop energy management strategy including energy efficiency measures and renewable energy procurement approach for Joby’s renewable electricity commitments for manufacturing and Joby-operated vertiports including on-site solar, commercial agreements and power purchase agreements
Work with external teams (commercial agreements, utilities) and internal teams (facilities, legal, finance) to procure renewable electricity in the most cost-effective approach
Work with the manufacturing teams to identify opportunities to green operations

· Reporting

Review, synthesize, and explain complex technical data related to environmental compliance and performance metrics
Manage the environmental section of Joby’s annual Impact Report and partner with team for GRI and TCFD alignment
Partner with Sustainability Lead to conduct climate risk scenario analysis and create roadmap for climate disclosure requirements
Establish company-wide dashboard for energy and GHG reporting

Required

4+ years relevant experience with a proven track record in sustainability programs and environmental compliance
Bachelor’s degree required
Experience with air permitting new sources and maintaining compliance with federal, state and local requirements including Title V facilities. Experience with California air regulations
Ability to flourish with minimal guidance, be proactive, and handle uncertainty and ambiguity
Comfortable with data analysis in Excel and PowerBI
Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills
Proven track record of program management - managing, organizing, and driving deliverables of complex projects
Passion for Joby's mission and ability to thrive under pressure in an unstructured, fast paced environment

Desired

Bachelor's degree ideally of science, engineering or finance. Advanced degree preferred (MS, MPA, MEng).
Establishing, maintaining, and fostering cross functional relationships at all levels
Experience integrating sustainability with business, strategy, and finance with climate and renewable electricity programs
Previous experience in manufacturing

EEO

Compensation at Joby is a combination of base pay and Restricted Stock Units (RSUs). The target base pay for this position is $85,000 - $140,000/yr. The compensation package will be determined by job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

Joby also offers a comprehensive benefits package, including paid time off, healthcare benefits, a 401(k) plan with a company match, an employee stock purchase plan (ESPP), short-term and long-term disability coverage, life insurance, and more.

Joby is an Equal Opportunity Employer.